Bangor’s Adrienne Bennett held a virtual protest rather than risk attending a rally in Augusta calling for the state to reopen, a position she endorsed.
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Republican primary challengers faltering in race for campaign cash
Auburn’s Eric Brakey has taken in the most money for his campaign but he trails far behind U.S. Rep. Jared Golden, a Lewiston Democrat.
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Maine congressional race turns hot after Trump scorches an Eric Brakey ally
Adrienne Bennett and Dale Crafts, challenging Brakey in Maine congressional primary, tie him to a Republican congressman Trump said should be thrown out of the GOP.
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Eric Brakey denounces $2.2 trillion relief bill as a ‘rotten deal for the American people’
Eric Brakey is alone among the three Republicans in Maine’s 2nd District congressional primary in rejecting the compromise bill that won unanimous backing in the U.S. Senate.
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Republican congressional contenders clash over appropriate campaigning during emergency
Adrienne Bennett accused Eric Brakey of putting elderly and sick at risk from COVID-19 by knocking on doors in a bid to gain more 2nd District votes.
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Once wary, Eric Brakey has come to embrace Donald Trump
The Republican congressional hopeful once called him “a disaster,” but now, locked in a three-way primary, views Trump as “the best president in my lifetime.”
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Eric Brakey holds fundraising lead in race for 2nd Congressional District
He will join two other Republicans in a debate Thursday at Lewiston Middle School.
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‘Putin’s favorite congressman’ moves to Maine
Dana Rohrabacher, who once arm-wrestled the now-Russian president and represented Orange County, Calif., for 30 years in the U.S. House, now lives in York.
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Republicans rip Jared Golden for backing impeachment
Opponents of the 2nd Congressional District Democrat say he betrayed his constituents by failing to support President Trump.
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Republican congressional challengers in Maine’s 2nd District oppose CMP project
The three, who hope to unseat Democrat Jared Golden next year, are against the power company’s $1 billion plan for a new transmission line from Quebec to Lewiston.